Rail fastener



' W. DALTON RAIL FASTENER March 17,1925.

Originai Filed Aug 17, 1925 v 311 02 for (Iain/Dalian,

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Reissued Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATE WILLIAM DALTON, or scHE-NEcTAnYQNnw YORK,

RAIL FASTE ER.

. Original ms. 1,512,453, dated. October 21, 1924, Serial No. esasm/fiieaau ust 17', 1923. Application for reissue filed February 2, 1925.

To all who/ail may concern.

Be it known that I, VVILLTAM DALTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rail Fasteners, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for securing rails to metal ties, which may be of I beam section, T section, trough section, or of any other desired shape.

()ne object of the invention is to provide a rail fastener of such. construction that the i5 rails can be readily removed from the ties, after the fish plates have been taken off, without disturbing the fasteners, which remain secured to the ties. I Another object of the invention is to provide a rail fastener, which requires no open- 'ings or cuts to be made in-the rails or in the ties, and which will occupy no more pace than the usual spike heads usedwith wooden ties.

My improved fastener, while permitting the ready removal of the rail, securely holds the latter, when in place, against both lat eral and vertical movement relatively to the tie, which is, of course, an essential feature of a successful practical rail fastener.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of ties, with the track rails secured thereto by my improved fastener.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of a tie equipped with the fastener of Fig. l, the rail being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the rail and fastener, the tie being shown in section, and

Fig. 4 is a view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of Fig. 2.

These views illustrate a simple embodiment of the invention, in which the rail fasteners are welded to the ties. The welding,

invention, which is capable of embodiment in other forms.

The retainer member on one side of the however, is not an essential feature of my Serial No. 6,482".

' Zontal, than the angle of the to" of said flange, whereby the rail maybe ti ted to remove it, as will be further explained hereinafter. The bar 5 is shown as secured to the tie by welding, as indicated at 8. This welded joint may extend merely along the back of the bar, or may be continued along its ends, in which case the length of the bar is, of course, less than the width of the tie.

The retainer memberon the other side of the rail. is in the form of a rectangular bar '7, also welded to the tie, as shown, and presentin'g a plane vertical face to the adjacent edge of the rail flange. It will be seen that the retainer members just described do not necessitate any drilling or other working of the rails or ties, and will securely hold the rails in place while permitting longitudinal creeping thereof, and will also enable the rails to be readily removed, by tipping them,

oi'ijtwardly, without any withdrawal of nuts,

spikes, or other connections. Furthermore, my retainer barsoccupy no more space than do the heads of the usual'spikes.

Under conditions which render it not convenient to weld the retainer members to the ties, or when it is not desired to do so, other means for securing them t the ties may be the other side being inwardly inclined to overlap the adjacent rail flange without con tacting therewith except at its edge, whereby the rail. is held against both lateral and vertical movement but can be removed from the ties by tipping it. i

2. Means for securing rails to ties, com prising abutments rigid with and projecting upwardly fromthe'ties on each sideof the rail flange, the abutments on one side standing vertically and those on the other side being inclined so as to overlap the flange, the inclination of the abutments being at a greater angle to the horizontal than that of the top of the flange, whereby the rail is held against both lateral and vertical move ment but can be removed from the ties by tippin it 8. i cans for removably connecting rails to ties, comprising a retainer member adapted to lie across the tie and be permanently secured. thereto, the inner faceof said retainer member having an undercut recess to overlap the edge of the adjacent rail. flange, the top of said recess being at a greater angle to the horizontal than the top of the rail flange, whereby the rail can be removed by tipping it without disturbing the fastener, and a bar, adapted to be permanently secured to the tie on the other side of the rail, and presentinga plane vertical face to the other edge of the rail flange.

a. Means for removably fastening rails to ties, comprising a bar permanently secured to the tie on one side of the rail and having a flange overlapping the rail flange but at a greater angle to the horizontal than said rail flange, so that the rail can be removed by tipping it-without.disturbing said bar, and a bar permanently secured to the tie on the other side of the rail and presenting a plane vertical face to the rail flange, said bars occupying no more space laterally of the rail flange than the heads of the usual spikes.

.5. Means for fastening rails to metal ties, comprising a retainer bar adapted to lie across the tie and having its inner side recessed to overlap the rail flange, the angle of the upper Wall of said recess to the horizontal being greater than the angle of the upper side of the rail flange to the horizontal, whereby the rail can be removed by tipping it without disturbing the bar, and a second retainer bar adapted to lie across the comprising a retainer bar adapted to lie across the tie and having its inner side recessed to overlap the rail flange, the angle of the upper wall of said recess to the horizontal being greater than the angle of the upper side of the rail flange to the horizontal, whereby the rail can be removed by tipping it without disturbing the bar, and

a second retainer bar adapted to lie across the tie on the other side of the rail and presenting a plane vertical face to the rail flange,said-bars being welded to the tie.

7. In a rail fastener, a retainer bar having its inner side recessed to overlap the rail flange, the angle of said recess being such as to permit the rail to be tipped for removal, and a plane faced bar on the other side of the rail, said bars being of a length equal to the width of the tie and ada ted to be welded to the tie and the width 0 said bars being such that they extend laterally from the rail substantially no further than the heads of ordinary railroad spikes.

WILLIAM DALTON. 

